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Q: Itunes download error "You do not have enough access privileges for this operation" operation"

Itunes download error "You do not have enough access privileges for this operation"

iPod nano (3rd generation), Windows XP

Posted on Jun 12, 2012 4:45 PM

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Q: Itunes download error "You do not have enough access privileges for this operation" operation"

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  • by danallenhouston,

    danallenhouston danallenhouston Aug 23, 2016 6:22 PM in response to winklerjw57
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    Aug 23, 2016 6:22 PM in response to winklerjw57

    Your suggestion fixed the problem. To explain  a little more detail:

    1.  I had to be  logged into the Terminal application with root privileges. I do that by logging as root, but the sudo thing works too I think.

    2. enter this into the command line, to set the default directory to /Users, the directory that needs the folder called Shared:

     

    cd /Users

     

    3. Now check to see if the Shared Folder is there and what its permissions are

     

    ls -la

     

    That will list the contents of the directory with the permissions on each file and subdirectory. If Shared is not in the list, add it. This step requires root privileges:

     

    mkdir Shared

     

    Once the Shared directory is there, look at that permissions. The permissions need to look like this on the line listing the Shared folder:

     

    drwxrwxrwx  ....     Shared


    d means directory, then there are three sets of rwx, which all mean read-write-execute for different users of the computer.  If they are not like what is showin above, make them like that with this command:


    chmod 777 Shared


    Now when you list the Users directory, you will see a folder named shared with the permissions that share iit.


    And the dumb message from iTunes disappears.


    Mine looks like this

    drwxr-xr-x   7 root          admin   238 Aug 23 20:10 .

    drwxr-xr-x  34 root          wheel  1224 Aug 21 16:53 ..

    -rw-r--r--   1 root          wheel     0 Sep  9  2014 .localized

    drwxrwx---   6 root          admin   204 May 29  2015 Deleted Users

    drwxrwxrwx   3 root          admin   102 Aug 23 20:10 Shared

    drwxr-xr-x  41 danallen      staff  1394 Aug 21 16:51 danallen

    drwxr-xr-x+ 12 darlingcydee  staff   408 Oct  8  2015 darlingcydee


    I had absolutely no clue this was the fix, until I read winklerjw57's comment

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